Fire safety for Madera County commercial kitchens is enforced by Madera County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. Cleaning Pros Plus is an IKECA member company providing exhaust cleaning to NFPA 96 standards.
Madera County is inspected by more than one authority. The City of Madera and Chowchilla each field their own fire department, while Oakhurst and the unincorporated foothills sit with Madera County Fire and CAL FIRE. The file each expects looks the same at every address: a current certificate, a written report identifying which sections were cleaned, and dated photographs covering the duct and the fan.
A Madera County inspection depends a good deal on where the building sits. On the valley floor the inspector works through canopy, duct access and rooftop fan in the usual order and matches the certificate to the cooking type. In the foothills above Oakhurst, roof access is the part that decides the visit, because a fan nobody can safely reach is a fan nobody has evidence for.
See Madera County compliance profile on EvidLY →Madera County intervals answer to the menu, not the month. Wood and charcoal cooking is monthly. Charbroiling and wok work at high volume moves to quarterly. A conventional full-service kitchen is semi-annual and a low-volume or seasonal operation annual. The county splits on that last point: valley heat around Madera and Chowchilla keeps deposits soft and travelling, while the Oakhurst corridor runs on a visitor season that concentrates a year of cooking into a handful of months.
| Type of Cooking Operation | Required Frequency |
|---|---|
| Solid fuel cooking (wood, charcoal, mesquite) | Monthly |
| High-volume cooking (24-hour operations, charbroiling, wok cooking) | Quarterly |
| Moderate-volume cooking (full-service restaurants) | Semi-Annually |
| Low-volume cooking (churches, day camps, senior centers, seasonal) | Annually |
Not sure which category your kitchen falls into? We assess your operation and recommend the right cleaning schedule.
Hood cleaning in Madera County has to account for two very different building stocks. On the valley floor in Madera and Chowchilla the work is conventional: canopy and plenum foamed, brushed and rinsed, duct cleaned along its length, fan lifted so blades, housing and curb are cleaned as well. Up Highway 41 toward Oakhurst the kitchens sit in foothill buildings with steeper roofs and tighter fan access, which changes the rigging more than the method. Where a duct run gives no way in at the middle, we price the access panel rather than report that section clean.
Professional foam-and-brush cleaning of hoods, ducts, fans, and rooftop components. NFPA 96 compliant with before-and-after photo documentation.
Learn more →Photo-documented exhaust system inspection with grease-level assessment, risk rating, and NFPA 96 compliance evaluation.
Learn more →Fan motor inspection, belt and bearing assessment, airflow evaluation, and performance management to prevent failures and maintain ventilation.
Learn more →Scheduled filter swaps that reduce grease buildup and improve airflow between professional cleanings. Managed through our FilterCycle program.
Learn more →Contain grease discharge from exhaust fans, protect your roof membrane, and eliminate slip hazards with our ContainGuard system.
Learn more →NFPA 96 questions answered by email and phone, all year — no site visit required.
Learn more →Cleaning Pros Plus provides kitchen exhaust services to commercial kitchens throughout Madera County.
Hood cleaning is one part of the compliance picture. EvidLY shows how Madera County evaluates your fire safety and food safety. Stovio publishes the editorial standard for commercial kitchen operations.
